2008 Transmission and Wholesale Markets School

Edison Electric Institute and Christensen Associates Energy Consulting present EEI's 2008 Transmission and Wholesale Markets School, an accredited course with the University of Wisconsin.  The five-day course provides a review of market design, transmission pricing, expansion planning, and operational issues with an emphasis on the institutional dimensions of policy.  When you join us, you will be engaged with a team of well known experts and seasoned electric industry leaders who will describe the current thinking on pricing and market design.

Our course articulates the technical and institutional issues on reliability, market reform, and competition and presents alternatives to help market players gain a comprehensive foundation and further understanding of electric market design and practice.

Session topics for this year's program include:

• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
• Power system engineering;
• RTO and non-RTO approaches to organizing markets;
• Grid Operations;
• Transmission expansion and investment;
• FERC Compliance and enforcement;
• Reliability standards and compliance;
• Ensuring resource adequacy;
• Integration of renewables;
• Smart Grid; and
• Cascade failure analysis.

This year's program features panel discussions on policy issues and case studies from NYISO, Entergy, Southern Company, The Midwest ISO, and FirstEnergy Corporation, as well as a keystone session on Increasing Costs and Regulatory Uncertainty presented by EEI's own David K. Owens.

Electric Utility Boot Camp

Further, for those students who are interested in preparing for the Transmission and Wholesale Markets School with an intensive course in the basics of transmission and wholesale markets, this year we are offering an introductory course in electric utility issues.  The Boot Camp will be from 3 PM to 6 PM on Sunday, August 10th.  See the Registration Page for details.

Hotel Information

Campus Inn, 601 Langdon Street, Madison, WI
We have reserved a block of sleeping rooms ($109/single; $124/double, including parking and Madison Taxi's silver cab from the airport) for course participants at the Campus Inn, 601 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. To reserve a room, call 800-589-6285 or 608-257-4391 and indicate that you will be attending this course under group code 68527.  Room requests made later than July 11 will be subject to availability.  

DoubleTree Hotel, 525 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI
We have reserved a second block of sleeping rooms ($129/single; $129/double, including parking, airport/conference shuttle, pool and exercise room) for course participants at the Doubletree Hotel, 525 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI. To reserve a room, call 1-800-222-8733 or 608-251-5511 and indicate that you will be attending this course under group code EEI Transmission and Wholesale Market School.  Room requests made later than July 10 will be subject to availability. Your enrollment confirmation will include other hotel/motel information.

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